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Key takeaways from Lost touch: how a year without hugs affects our mental health

Humans are designed to touch and be touched – which is why so many who live on their own have suffered during the pandemic. Will we ever fully recover? Open at source

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One set of fibres exists purely to register gentle, stroking touch: the C tactile afferents (CTs).
The highest density of CTs across the body are in the parts we can’t “groom” ourselves, such as the shoulders and back.
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